A team of Australian architects and engineers is helping to build earthquake-proof schools in remote devastated areas of Nepal, including the Lower Solukhumbu region where 200 were destroyed or badly damaged.

An estimated 40 million people across India, Bangladesh and Nepal struggle to rebuild their lives after massive floods devastated the region nearly a month ago and families struggle to find dry land to bury loved ones.

There is an urgent need for rescue and relief services on the Indian subcontinent as severe monsoon flooding spreads across India, Nepal and Bangladesh, leaving more than 1,200 people dead since the rains started.